Chicken kabobs are made with Amish poultry and Laham ma hummus is topped with juicy bits of charcoal-smoked tenderloin rather than spit-roasted lamb shawirma and girded with pulpy dollops of spicy jalapeno.

Yesterday, lines grew long at the food booths just before noon as hungry festivalgoers took a peek at the dishes and ordered traditional plates like shawirma, tender strips of beef or chicken marinated in spices and served with a special sauce on pita bread.